After Hinton tweeted the interaction, it blew up to 200,000 retweets, and the modern fairytale of Thanksgiving was born.

It all started when Mrs Dench accidentally sent a text meant for her grandson to Hinton, and then when it became clear they in fact were not related she invited him anyway due to her duties as a grandmother to ‘feed everyone’.

In a turn of events unexpected in the Twitterverse, Hinton attended the meal with Mrs Dench’s family and warmed the nation’s hearts. He was meant to take a pumpkin pie, but forgot it.

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